(Original Cut HD) Treasure Planet - I'm Still Here

I don't own the movie or song, just trimmed the song by Goo Goo Dolls called "I'm Still Here". Original cut from the movie, just wanted to share something I haven't found in good resolution.

[WeebMasterYoda]

I really like how the movie doesn't even explain why Jim's dad left, in a way it made the audience feel as confused and lost as Jim did.

[brandonjackson]

How often do you see a villain become a father figure to the antagonist of the story. Wonderful character development.

[kinginigo]

This is probably one of the most underrated movies ever. Can't believe this movie came out almost 20 years ago time really flies damn.

[elitadream]

You guys wanna' know something really depressing?...
This movie was supposed to have a sequel AND its own TV series. They had everything planned out; the story, the characters... it was all being worked on at that time and many concept art were already selected.
It was only after eight months of hard work and serious planning that they received a phone call saying the project was officially cancelled, due to a lack of interest in the first film from the general public.
SUCH A WASTE.

[jaohonaxa]

You know the relationship between Jim and Silver really works in this movie.  You can really see that Silver really fills the void that Jim's father never tried to, and that Jim brings out good in Silver by filling a void that he didn't know he had.

[codafett]

Imagine a world where Treasure Planet did well, and inspired a whole franchise.

[TheCapedcrusader]

You know what this film is successful. It didn't need to win an oscar, it didn't need to make tons of money.

It had to touch people. This film did touch me and from all the comments and the people I watch this with, it touches them too. See that's the great thing about Disney, even their underrated and lesser known films have the power to touch many souls.

[jish]

Gotta give Disney props for having a divorce instead of just brutally offing one of the parents. I completely forgot how mature this movie was in that it showed a father walking out on his family. I know what a parents divorce is like, but was lucky enough to have both parents still in my life.

[justanotherredheadattheend]

I really love how;
- we never see his dad's face
- it was already a sad, complicated home even when Jim was just a toddler. There were already problems, presumably early in his parents' relationship.
- that Jim is effected by his dad's neglect when he IS home.

Your parents don't have to be gone to be emotionally absent. That was already hurting Jim and making him feel like he wasn't worth it.

[claytonbaker]

This movie is horrendously underrated!

[TheChildofAuraReborn]

I think the best characterization about this segment is that you don't see Jim half-assing any of the jobs he's being given. He acts defiant, he gets an attitude, but he uses that drive to prove wrong what HE thinks Silver's (or every adult in his life) expectations are of him. The only difference is that Silver's noticing all the hard work Jim is putting forth and he recognizes him for it.
It's how you can tell that Jim wasn't too far down the wrong path, all it took was an empathetic man like Silver to set him on the right path again.

[NikSwiftDigs]

I’m rewatching this movie again as an adult, and I’m amazed to see how Jim never really did anything wrong. He had an attitude and was defiant, but ultimately he did everything everyone expected him to do, and did his best (even if it was just to prove people wrong). It’s such a perfect depiction of how it feels to be a teenager: trying your best but somehow still missing the beats everyone’s looking for.

[uncensorer]

If you ask me, the Cyborg wasn't exactly an antagonist, he was the mentor that Jim needed in his life since his dad left him. That friendship they had is probably the greatest chemistry between protagonist and "antagonist" ever in a disney film. 

[TheBrownKid]

This sequence is one of the most heart warming scenes Disney has ever produced, the music, the imagery, what a beautiful scene from an overlooked amazing film.

[FastTheSonic]

2:05 This part is fantastic, John gets on the boat and goes off screen, and it reminds Jim of how his father left him, and as his dad leaves, it cuts back to John coming back and telling Jim to get on. It's so simple, but damn that is such a good moment

Edit: I forgot to mention that Jim is visibly upset when John exits the screen, and visibly happy when he comes back, and that's specifically what I love about it

[cali]

I am saddened that there was no sequel to this film but seeing the current direction of Disney in the quality of films, I don't want them to touch this movie. You don't ruin a masterpiece.

[ChesireWaltz]

I love that scene of Jim just staring at Silver for a second affectionately, like a little kid looking at his dad again. He clearly wasn't listening to a word he was saying, he didn't need too, Jim can fly a boat, and was just happy to be with him.

[brody]

2:00 “Can you help me be a man”

I was lucky enough to grow up with a dad who taught me continues to teach me everything he knows, that line still hits me like a bullet.

This movie is a masterpiece.

[THEANDONLYCUBIX]

In almost every disney movie the main character has only one parent because of death and usually they just tell us about how the person died and that's sad on it’s own. But in this movie the parent doesn’t die but just leaves his child and never comes back. In a way that's more sad than death. And just by the way they told us how Jim's father left not with words but with the visual and the song was just brilliant and amazing. How is this not more popular than frozen? Seriously this is Disneys best movie hands down.



EDIT: Wow I wrote this 9 years ago. I still think this movie is better than Frozen and it deserves way more recognition.

[ashtto]

My adopted dad played this for me a few days ago and I cried in front of his two kids 8 and 10. He used to put this on for me as a kid, I would make him replay it the second it ended and make him watch it again. He always would tell me as much as he saved me I saved him, I think watching this as an adult made me realise it’s not about who’s ur family but who loves and cares for u regardless.